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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | MP, Rajasthan Under BJP Have Steered the Destruction of Workers' Security -Praneta Jha

MP, Rajasthan Under BJP Have Steered the Destruction of Workers' Security -Praneta Jha

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published Published on Nov 26, 2018   modified Modified on Nov 26, 2018
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Unbridled exploitation of workers under the supervision of BJP governments has led to widespread anger and discontent, which is likely to be reflected in the Assembly polls.

While Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are gearing up for Assembly elections, the two BJP-ruled states have also been at the forefront of actively overseeing the worsening  condition of industrial workers.

Besides administering meagre rates of minimum wage, the two states have introduced a slew of changes in their labour laws, leaving workers unprotected and making their livelihoods more insecure than ever — in the name of promoting ‘ease of doing business’.

The minimum wage rate in Rajasthan is among the lowest in the country. As per the latest notification in 2018, the minimum monthly wage rate is Rs 5,538 for ‘unskilled’ workers, Rs 5,798 for ‘semi-skilled’ workers, Rs 6,058 for ‘skilled’ workers and Rs 7,358 for ‘highly skilled’ workers.

Madhya Pradesh is only slightly better in terms of minimum wage. As per the latest notification in 2018, the minimum monthly wage rate is Rs 7,375 for ‘unskilled’ workers, Rs 8,232 for ‘semi-skilled’ workers, Rs 9,610 for ‘skilled’ workers, and Rs 10,910 for ‘highly skilled’ workers.

Trade unions for years have been demanding a minimum monthly wage rate of Rs 18,000 — indeed, Central government employees get a minimum wage of Rs 18,000.  

Rajasthan

As for labour laws, Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan has taken the lead in 2014 in codifying the kind of insecurity for workers that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to introduce at the national level. And Madhya Pradesh, ruled by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, for nearly 14 years, has followed.

In 2014, Raje amended the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, at the state level — given that labour laws are on the concurrent list — so that industrial establishments with less than 300 workers do not need to seek permission from the state government to retrench or lay off workers, and even to close down the unit. Earlier, the threshold of minimum workers for doing the same was 100. To understand the significance of this amendment, one needs to note that 93% of factories in India employ less than 300 workers. As for Rajasthan, only around 256 of the state’s 13,256 factories have more than 300 workers, as has been pointed out by several trade unions.

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Newsclick.in, 23 November, 2018, https://www.newsclick.in/mp-rajasthan-under-bjp-have-helmed-destruction-workers-security


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